Baxter James Hodge was born to William Baxter and Sarah Ann (Harrison) Hodge in September of 1861. He married Annie W. Jordan (1861-1942) in Davidson County, Tennessee on December 29, 1881 and the couple had two daughters. At the times covered in this collection, Hodge worked in partnership with J. E. R. Carpenter as Hodge & Carpenter, Architects, and maintained an office in Nashville’s Cole building. Hodge designed several prominent Nashville buildings, including Christ Church (in partnership with New York architect Francis H. Kimball), the Protestant Orphan Asylum, and the Commerce Building. He also designed a number of residences, including the G. P. Rose house, the Tarkington house, and the Weakley house. Many of these homes still stand today. Several of Hodge’s buildings are now on the National Register of Historic Places, for example Saint Patrick’s Church. Hodge continued his architectural work into the twentieth century, although these years are not covered in this collection. He died in Nashville, Tennessee on June 18, 1949.